A while ago I was writing codes and riddles for laughs, and just found this exercise I authored. It comes in two parts (the first of which is a very classic riddle), and the object is to end up with a code word. So, if you have nothing better to do, why not? The first person to PM or post the final codeword wins!
The Riddle
Part 1:
There are five houses next to each other on a street, painted five different colours.
A person of different nationality lives in each house.
The five home owners each drink a different beverage, smoke a different brand of cigar, and keep a different pet.
The question is simple: which nationality owns the fish?
Of course, you need the necessary clues:
1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.
Note the first, second, fourth and fifth letters of the answer.
Part 2:
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Note the second and third letters of this music's title*, and the second letter of the composer's full name.
Add a C and A to your letters, and descramble them until they can be eaten. Then give me the word.
* (in its English translation, and without any articles)
I think i have all the answers but i have questions.
Is the answer to the first question the nationality? so British, German etc etc
does the answer to the second question include the article of the song title (i.e the 'the')?
EDIT: also which language is the title? That music has quite a few titles.
ok well my guess is:
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mangoes
but i have no idea what title youre using for The Blue Danube.
Answers are German, The Blue Danube, and Johann Strauss
Okay, I don't have patience for the first one, but the music is obviously
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An Der Schoenen Blauen Donau, by Strauss.
Of course, your asking for the second and third letters makes this confusing: do you call it like that, or call it "Schoenen Blauen Donau", or call it "The Blue Danube", or "Blue Danube" or "Danube Waltz"? In each case, I'm going to end up with different letters.
Now. How did I know Calin would be the first to reply? :P Surprisingly I foresaw all of your questions but didn't address them in the instructions.
Yes, the answer to the first part should be the nationality.
The second part does not include the article, and it's the English translation, sorry for not explaining that Radiant.
Top form Calin. You got the wrong codeword (on account of me not adding those extra details), but you've got all the clues correct, so now you can probably descramble the correct word!
nope i'm stumped..
I cant make *any* words with
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G E M A L U O
Damn. I see what's happened. Ok, just add a C and an A to your letters. Sorry.
ha ha, best puzzle ever..
in that case i present
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G E M A L U O C A
GUACAMOLE!
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A Coma Glue?
Um, Cola Age?
Cue Gaol, Ma?
Ai, I solved the first with who owns the fish. But obviously Calin got it first.
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Color Nationality Pet Drink Cigar
Yellow Norwegian Cats Water Dunhill
Blue Danish Horses Tea Blends
Red British Birds Milk Pall Mall
Green German Fish Coffee Prince
White Swedish Dogs Beer Blue Master